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I am growing old, and my future, so to speak, is already behind me.

~George Wald

Topics: Am Behind Future Growing Growing Old Me Old Speak I Am

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As far as I know, the most conservative estimates of the number of Americans who would be killed in a major nuclear attack, with everything working as well as can be hoped and all foreseeable precautions taken, run to about fifty million.

~George Wald

Topics: About American As Far As Attack Conservative Estimates Everything Far Fifty Foreseeable Hoped Know Major Million Most Nuclear Number Run Taken Well Who Working Would

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And, you see, we are living in a world in which all wars are wars of defense.

~George Wald

Topics: Defense Living See Wars Which World You

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All War Departments are now Defense Departments. This is all part of the doubletalk of our time. The aggressor is always on the other side.

~George Wald

Topics: Always Defense Departments Now Other Our Our Time Part Side Time War

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A scientist should be the happiest of men.

~George Wald

Topics: Happiest Men Scientist Should

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A scientist lives with all reality. There is nothing better.

~George Wald

Topics: Better Lives Nothing Reality Scientist

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A scientist is in a sense a learned small boy. There is something of the scientist in every small boy. Others must outgrow it. Scientists can stay that way all their lives.

~George Wald

Topics: Boy Every Learned Lives Must Others Outgrow Scientist Scientists Sense Small Something Stay Way

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A peacetime draft is the most un-American thing I know.

~George Wald

Topics: Draft Know Most Thing

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: November 18th, 1906

Died: April 12th, 1997

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